State election in Styria in 1981
On October 4, 1981, state elections were held in Styria .
The ÖVP won this new election and was able to hold an absolute majority despite a slight loss of votes, Josef Krainer junior (ÖVP) was elected governor.
The ÖVP achieved 50.9% and thus 30 seats, the SPÖ won slightly and received 42.7% (24 seats). The FPÖ lost votes and achieved only two mandates with 5.1%.
The KPÖ failed to make it into the state parliament again with 1.34%.
Election result
| Results 1981 | Results 1978 | Differences | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eligible voters | 826,598 | 796.273 | + 30,325 | ||||||
| be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | be right | % | Mand. | |
| Votes cast | 775.006 | 93.76% | 56 | 754.136 | 94.71% | 56 | + 20,870 | - 0.95% | |
| Invalid votes | 20,325 | 2.62% | 13,233 | 1.75% | + 7.092 | + 0.87% | |||
| Valid votes | 754.681 | 97.38% | 740.903 | 98.25% | + 13,778 | - 0.87% | |||
| Political party | |||||||||
| Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) | 384.048 | 50.89% | 30th | 384.905 | 51.95% | 30th | - 857 | - 1.06% | 0 |
| Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ) | 322.416 | 42.72% | 24 | 298,560 | 40.30% | 23 | + 23856 | + 2.42% | + 1 |
| Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) | 38,135 | 5.05% | 2 | 47,562 | 6.42% | 3 | - 9,427 | - 1.37% | - 1 |
| Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) | 10,082 | 1.34% | 0 | 9,876 | 1.33% | 0 | + 206 | + 0.01% | 0 |
